Automobile-wheel.



E. G. GLASER.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1913.

1,084,144. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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AUTOMOBILE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, EMIL G. GLASER, citizen ot the United States, residing at North Dover, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of @hio, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in riutomobile-lVheels, 0t which the following is a specification.

This invention has reterence to automobile wheels, and the invention consists in a wheel having a spring supported tire, all substan tially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new and improved wheel with a portion in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view ot one of the several segments between spokes ot the wheel. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the several sustaining springs. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the wheel, and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line of the spokes.

The object ot the construction as thus shown is to make a wheel with metallic springs adapted to substitute the well known pneumatic tire and with substantially the same or equivalent resilient eitect but which is materially cheaper in initial cost and is more durable in service.

To these several ends I make a wheel with suitably heavy spokes a, and build up the tire support between the outer ends of said spokes and the tire by means 0t several parts comprising, first, a wooden telly f, fixed firmly upon the ends of the spokes. l lat tace plates 2 are shown as bolted to the sides of the telly and two transverse cavities or recesses c are formed in the inner side or portion ot the telly between each set ot spokes and adapted to receive the spiral coils 0' ot the several wire springs s. The said springs, coils or bodies in their length are equal to the width of the telly in said cavities. and the ends 3 of said springs come at the sides of the telly and are bent or extended outward in opposite directions and adapted to rest operatively in sustaining relations to the side or side flanges 4 ot the tire supporting rim (Z. The said rim is ap proximately U-shape in cross section but its outer surtace is practically flat and its sides are at right angles thereto and adapted to rest closely against the flat side tace plates 2 ot the telly as well as to overlap said taces approximately halt their depth in the normal position of the arts. Of course the Patented Jan. 13, 1914. Serial No. 746,472.

depression is greater than this under the load, and the ends or arms 3 of said spring have shoes 5 secured thereon and in immediate sustaining relations to said flanges or sides 61: ot the rim. The said shoes are right angled in cross section and the said rim is rabbeted inside at its edge to engage said shoe as clearly seen in Fig. 4. All the springs are under more or less tension all the time, but the maximum tension comes as they get under the load successively.

The tire supporting band Z) is secured directly upon the rim d and may be of the clencher type shown or any other suitable kind, and a solid tire 7 is used.

The springs s are confined in the cavities c by suitable packing 10 ot rubber or other material, and segments 12 which fit between the spokes must be entered trom the side and hence have open slots on through which the bolts 13 are engaged therewith and thus the telly and the springs and said segments are built together. The telly is a fixed and immovable portion ot the wheel as usual and the nuts 15 for bolts 13 have bosses to fit within the enlarged eye ot slots m and to lock the segments against lateral displacement.

The tire supporting rim (Z is a cast metal member and shown herein as made in two semi-circular pieces provided with end por tions 1.4 extending inward together at right angles and carrying a small roller 1" adapted to engage the wall ot a cavity or pocket 16 in the telly and thus bring the said rim into positive driving relations with the telly and yet leaving room tor the play of the rim under its spring in respect to the telly. This makes the said rim practically endless, in effect.

It will be noticed that the arms a of the springs extend in opposite directions from opposite ends of the coil, and this brings the shoes 5 fixed thereon into staggered or alternate relations from side to side at the sides ot the rim. This is shown in Fig. 5, where the arm of one spring crosses the arm of the other spring and the shoes are in corresponding crossed positions, and thus a practically continuous spring support is provided tor the rim and the weight of the load in no case comes exclusively upon a single spring but in tact is divided practically upon three or tour or more on each side.

The spring coil 0 is about a sleeve n on the transverse bolt 20 which carries the spring and connects the plates g, which closely overlap the sides ot the rim, the shoes 5, and the spring arms. The said plates are contracted at their inner edges and secured by screws 22 to the sides of the segments 12 in holes 23. This makes a practically dust and moisture proot housing tor the working parts as well as attording due protection about the sides against possible displacement ot parts. Bolts 24 tie the side plates 2 to the telly.

What I claim is:

1. A vehicle wheel having a telly, a rim about and apart therefrom having sides overlapping the sides ot the telly, springs seated in the telly having arms at their ends on opposite sides ot the wheel and shoes on said arms engaging the edges ot the said rim.

2. A vehicle wheel having a telly provided with cavities transversely on its inside, coiled springs confined in said cavities having arms at their ends projecting in opposite directions at the sides ot the telly and a tire supporting rim about the telly having flat sides operatively engaged by the arms ot said springs.

3. A wheel having a telly with transverse cavities open on its inner side, springs with coils in said cavities and means confining said springs comprising segments behind said coils and bolts through said telly locking said segments in place, and a tire supporting member about said telly supported by said springs.

at. In automobile wheels, a wheel having a telly, coiled spring supports located transversely in the inner portion thereot and having opposite sustaining arms at the sides of the telly, in combination with a rim about the telly having sides overlapping the same and operatlvely engaged at their edges by said arms, and side plates on said telly overlapping the sides ot said rim.

5. A wheel having a telly provided with cavities at intervals in its inner portion, spiral springs supported in said cavities provided with arms at their ends at the sides of the telly, segments confining said springs in said cavities, a tire supporting rim of approximately U shape overlapping the sides of said telly and engaged at its edges by the ends ot said springs, the arms of the said springs extending in opposite directions trom the ends thereof and overlapping as compared trom side to side.

In testimony whereot I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMIL Gr. GLASER.

Witnesses F. C. MUssUN, E. M. FISHER.

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